Hello to the FSF discussion list
I am enquiring whether any of you know of organisations or individuals who are lobbying the WTO (World Trade Organisation) in the interests of users or authors of Free Software.
As you will know the WTO through its TRIPs agreement has legal power over intellectual property issues including those relating to software. For more info see http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/trips_e.htm
My organisation, Friends of the Earth, is an international network which campaigns for environmentally and socially just solutions to global problems. One of our major campaigns in recent years has been for an equitable world trade system, although we have not specifically worked on software-related intellectual property injustice as yet. http://www.foei.org/trade/index.html http://www.tjm.org.uk
Thank you in advance for any information you can provide.
Frank Pennycook Policy and Research Unit Friends of the Earth (England Wales and Northen Ireland)